Dr. Foote is one of the few (if not the only) neurosurgeon in the world to do a movement disorders neurology fellowship (Emory) as well as a movement disorders neurosurgery fellowship (Grenoble, France). He is an engineer and a DBS surgeon and is interested in device development for Parkinson's disease and movement disorders.

Kelly Foote was born in Salt Lake City on May 17, 1966. He attended the University of Utah College of Engineering, from which he graduated cum laude in 1991. He graduated from the University of Utah College of Medicine in 1995. He performed a surgical internship at the University of Florida in 1996 and completed his neurosurgical residency in December, 2001. Dr. Foote completed his fellowship training in movement disorder surgery at the University of Grenoble and Emory University and joined the University of Florida neurosurgery faculty as an Assistant Professor in July, 2002.

Dr. Foote has received many honors and awards, including Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons' Resident Award, and the Chuck Shank Award (for excellence in neurosurgery). He has active research interests in computer assisted neurosurgery.

Special interests: Movement disorder surgery, stereotactic surgery, radiosurgery, brain tumors